The sun has set, and the curtain is about to fall.

Guandu, a mile away from the Cao army's camp, 3,000 Xiliang cavalry regiments surrounded a hill.

On the top of the mountain, Luo Zheng stood across his horse, and Jia Xu, Fa Zheng and others were on the left and right, overlooking the Cao army camp a mile away.

"My lord, I'm afraid that the situation will change."

Jia Xu only glanced at it a few times, and then said to Luo Zheng: "Although there is smoke rising in the camp, there are no soldiers in the camp, and the soldiers in front of the camp are not too dull, but I can order the scout to get close and find out!" ”

"Good!"

Luo Zheng said: "The quick horse is close to the Cao army's camp to spy on. ”

"Yes!"

The officer on duty hurriedly responded and quickly passed the order.

Soon, dozens of scouts quickly rushed over and approached the Cao army's camp.

Until it approached within 100 steps of Cao Jun's camp, there was still no movement.

A bold scout rode forward and continued to approach, until he approached within fifty paces, only to find that the soldiers in front of the camp were all wooden straw men, but they were wearing the armor of the Cao army, and it was too far to see clearly.

"Quick, go back!"

The squad leader greeted him, and the scout cavalry immediately urged his horse back.

"Lord!"

The scout cavalry rushed up the mountain bag and said loudly: "Cao's army is gone, and the soldiers in the camp are all straw men!" ”

Luo Zheng was stunned, then frowned again, and said in a deep voice: "Cao Jun doesn't know where to go, is the battle of Guandu over?" ”

"This ......"

Jia Xu was a little unconvinced that the Battle of Guandu would end so soon, but Cao Jun did not know where to go. It was really a little strange, and after a little thought, he said: "The lord can order the army to camp first." and then reprimanded the scouts to explore a radius of dozens of miles. ”

"That's it, just according to the text and the opinion!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand. Lightly clamped the horse's belly and said: "Go!" ”

The sweaty horse neighed and rushed into the mountain bag first.

Jia Xu, Fa Zheng and others hurriedly urged the horses to follow.

That night, 30,000 troops camped down in Guandu to rest, and the 300 scout cavalry of the scout cavalry poured out of the nest, and traveled all over the field for dozens of miles overnight, looking for the movement of Cao's army, and heard the news early the next morning.

Early in the morning, the Chinese army tent.

Cheng Ying hurried into the tent and bowed his hand to Luo Zheng: "Lord." There's news. ”

"Oh, where is Cao Jun now?"

Luo Zheng asked in a deep voice while putting on his armor stomach under the service of his own soldiers.

Cheng Ying said: "I haven't looked for the whereabouts of the Cao army, but our army caught a few Yuan soldiers hiding in the mountains at the ferry, and under interrogation, I learned that the battle of Guandu had ended, and Cao Cao personally led five thousand elite horsemen to attack Wuchao, and burned the grain and grass of Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops in Wuchao, and Yuan Shao attacked the Cao army camp and retreated to Hebei. ”

Luo Zheng's eyes froze. After a long time, the chief exhaled a long breath and muttered: "Sure enough, as General Ben expected, the battle of Guandu is really over, and it is Cao Apu who defeated Yuan Shao." Hey! ”

Cheng Ying was also extremely shocked in his heart, and he still couldn't believe that the Battle of Guandu was over so soon.

What's even more unbelievable is that Cao Cao really defeated Yuan Shao. It was fed by the lord.

This is really hard to believe, when Jia Xu and Fa Zheng, who arrived in a hurry, heard the news. I was also surprised.

Fa Zheng was the first to say: "My lord, since the battle of Guandu has ended. Cao Cao had probably already led his army south. ”

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "That's for sure, the question is where Cao Agui went." ”

Jia Xu said: "The scouts haven't found any trace of Cao Jun yet, so they can only wait." ”

Fa Zhengdao: "I have already checked the Cao Jun camp, and judging from the Cao Jun pot stove, the time for Cao Jun to leave is not the same, and it will not exceed two days at most." Even if Cao Jun traveled lightly, he would not run two hundred miles at most, and there should be news within two days! ”

Luo Zheng said 'um', waved his hand, and said, "Hurry up and find out Ma Caojun!" ”

"Yes!"

Everyone gave up their orders and quickly went down to arrange the arrangement.

Early the next morning, the scouts sent back the news that they had indeed found traces of Cao Jun.

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

Cheng Ying said: "My lord, the scout found more than 10,000 Cao troops ten miles north of Fengqiu, but it was just ......"

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "Just what? ”

Cheng Ying said: "According to the news sent back by the scouts, although this Cao army in the south was under the banner of Cao Cao, its appearance was very suspicious. ”

Luo Zheng frowned, "What does Cao Apu want to do?" ”

Jia Xu stroked his willow beard and muttered: "Xuchang has been broken, Cao Cao must have gotten the news." Judging from the following, Cao Cao had only two ways to go, either to quickly go south to recapture Xuchang, or to abandon the Central Plains. Although Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, the casualties will inevitably not be small, and it is not realistic to retake Xuchang, after all, General Zhao Yun has an army of 100,000! ”

Hearing this, Fa Zheng said: "What the military advisor said is extremely true, and I also think so. ”

Luo Zheng said 'oh' and said, "What do you think of filial piety?" ”

Jia Xu also gestured with his eyes, and let Fa Zheng continue.

Fa Zheng first arched his hand to Jia Xu before he said loudly: "As the military advisor said, Cao Cao has only two ways to go. But it was impossible to retake Xuchang, and it was impossible for Cao Cao not to think of this. Therefore, in the next thought, Cao Cao is very likely to abandon the Central Plains and avoid other parties, in order to temporarily avoid the front of our army, and then gather troops and horses, Xu Tu will plan later! ”

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "Where will Cao Apu go?" ”

Fa Zheng said categorically: "I thought that Cao Cao would go to Xuzhou!" ”

Luo Zheng touched his beard and groaned for a long time before he said, "What is the reason?" ”

Fa Zheng said: "After the city of Xuchang was broken, the Central Plains was no longer undefendable, I heard that Jiangdong Sun Ce had just captured Huainan and Lujiang two counties under Cao Cao's rule, and I heard that Shouchun had been attacked by Sun Ce, Cao Hong had retreated to Anfengjin, and Cao Cao could not return to Yuzhou. In addition to this, Cao Cao only has a future in Xuzhou, so that he can avoid the front of our army and wait for the opportunity to gather soldiers and horses! ”

Luo Zheng looked at Jia Xu, "What does Wen He think?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Xiaozhi is right, Xu completely agrees!" ”

"Good!"

Luo Zheng patted the table and said, "The remaining question is which way Cao Cao will go." ”

Fa Zhengdao: "I thought that the Cao army that went south to Fengqiu should not be the main force of the Cao army!" ”

Luo Zheng was surprised: "Why is this? ”

Fa Zheng said: "My lord, please think, Cao Cao is cunning and wise, we can think that Cao Cao will give up the Central Plains, Cao Cao has no reason not to guess that our army will follow and pursue, Cao Jun is mostly foot soldiers, if you want to retreat to Xuzhou, you will inevitably try to get rid of the pursuit of our army." Although it is the nearest road to Xuzhou by going south to Chenliu Folded Road, if you take this road, you will definitely not be able to get rid of the pursuit of our army! ”

Luo Zheng pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Xiaozhi's analysis is reasonable, so where do you think Cao Apu will enter Xuzhou?" ”

Fa Zheng got up and walked to the military topographic map, stared at the map for a long time, and then pointed in the direction of Puyang, and said loudly: "I thought that Cao Cao was very likely to lead his army north to Chen County, turn east from Puyang, and enter Xuzhou through Renchengguo. (To be continued......) R1292